Chapter Summaries

Great Ape Robet absorbed Moon God Khonshu’s moonlight power during their battle, growing stronger until Khonshu withdrew the moon and ended the fight. Robet returned to human form with increased strength, while Khonshu departed after expressing interest in whether Robet might develop a Moon God divinity.

• Moon God Khonshu’s blade-like moonlight wounded Great Ape Robet, but the forced influx of lunar power strengthened him and failed to make him lose control.
• Great Ape Robet attacked Khonshu and fired a Demon Mouth Cannon at the full moon to force Khonshu into a direct clash.
• Robet’s growing power turned the energy struggle against Khonshu, while Kara and Clark watched his strength increase.
• Khonshu withdrew from the clash and made the moon vanish, ending the flow of lunar power and leaving Robet’s Demon Mouth Cannon to strike Heliopolis.
• Robet changed back into human form and discovered that the absorbed power had permanently increased his strength.
• Khonshu asked how Robet absorbed moonlight, then departed after saying he hoped Robet would eventually condense a Moon God divinity.

Robet, Clark, and Kara left Heliopolis after Robet defeated Khonshu and gained a way to strengthen himself with moonlight. Back on Earth, Clary resolved to find her own path beyond the limits of Shadow Hunter abilities, while Robet sent Moon Knight to investigate the Werewolf lineage and offered him a way to contact the Avengers.

• Robet told Geb he had no intention of fighting Heliopolis's gods and left with Clark and Kara.
• The Guardian warned Clary that Shadow Hunter abilities had reached their limit, and Clary said she would find her own path.
• Moon Knight saw Robet and the others return from Heliopolis and realized Robet had likely defeated Khonshu.
• Robet flew Moon Knight back toward America and explained that Khonshu's Crescent Staff was a manifestation of divine power.
• Moon Knight told Robet that Khonshu had ordered him to investigate the origin and power of the Werewolf lineage, and Robet gave him a contact number and let him scout ahead.

Robet discovered that he could absorb natural moonlight by drawing it into his body with spiritual power, though the process was slow and required his attention. After reflecting on the battle and the cost of his depleted weapons, Blade heard a visitor at his door and attacked after recognizing a familiar scent.

• Kara reviewed her fight with Blue Marvel and decided to improve her combat skills while Robet examined his changed cells.
• Robet traveled to the side of Earth away from the sun and used spiritual power to draw natural moonlight into his body, finding that it slowly strengthened him.
• Blade realized Robet and the others had left, then found the Vampire and Werewolf base abandoned and learned their clans had joined forces during the move.
• Blade counted his remaining weapons and ammunition before someone knocked at his door.
• Blade prepared his weapons, recognized a familiar scent outside, and thrust his silver longsword through the door.

Morbius went to meet Blade to discuss investigating Vampires, but Blade mistook him for a hostile Vampire and attacked. After Blade drenched Morbius in garlic juice and recognized Tony Stark, he realized his mistake, while Tony prepared to share Morbius’s humiliation.

• Morbius arrived at Blade’s home, and Blade stabbed through the door before launching a series of attacks.
• Morbius eventually punched Blade into his home and tried to persuade him to talk, while Tony Stark watched nearby.
• Blade armed himself and fired silver bullets at Morbius, who dodged them without being affected.
• Blade approached the door again, but Tony Stark teased him about attacking Morbius and identified him as Iron Man.
• Blade threw garlic juice over Morbius, then recognized Tony Stark and realized his weapons had no effect on Morbius.
• Tony Stark laughed and told Jarvis to record and share Morbius’s garlic-soaked appearance.

Tony Stark and Morbius recruited Blade to help the Avengers investigate and fight vampires, offering to cover his expenses and develop weapons. At Avengers Base, Blade encountered Martian Manhunter and Peter Parker researching ways for Venom to protect Peter without exposing itself to fire and noise.

• Tony Stark explained that the Avengers considered vampires a serious threat, and Morbius described how scientific experiments had made him a vampire before Tony helped him overcome his need for blood.
• Blade explained the complicated relationship between vampires, Blood Thralls, Blood Servants, and Dhampirs, while Tony pledged to take down those behind the vampire network.
• Tony offered to reimburse Blade's vampire-hunting expenses and fund new weapons, and Blade agreed to cooperate.
• Morbius took Blade to Avengers Base with Tony, where Blade was impressed by the facilities and looked forward to developing weapons.
• Martian Manhunter and Peter Parker continued researching Venom, which had become more resistant to noise and fire, and considered how it could empower Peter while staying inside his body.

The Avengers prepared to fight the Vampires, with Tony Stark planning anti-Vampire armor and Blade making specialized weapons. Peter Parker proposed that silver’s effects on Vampires, Werewolves, and some Demons might point to a shared source of power, then went to pass his theory to the Saiyan.

• Peter Parker laughed at Morbius’s damp hair, and Tony Stark and Martian Manhunter joined in before Tony redirected the group to discuss Vampires.
• Tony Stark assigned Steve and Bucky Barnes to handle official negotiations while the Avengers focused on the Vampire threat.
• Peter Parker declined Tony Stark’s offer of anti-Vampire armor, and Tony asked Blade to make specialized weapons while he worked on an armor prototype.
• Peter Parker asked Blade about silver’s effects on supernatural creatures, and Blade said it harmed Vampires and Werewolves but affected only some Demons.
• Peter Parker theorized that silver-sensitive creatures might share a source of power, and Morbius agreed the idea was plausible.
• Peter Parker left to inform the Saiyan, while Morbius told Blade that the Saiyan was a powerful Avengers ally who helped with supernatural incidents.

Robet considered how to draw out the hidden force behind vampires and werewolves, while their European leaders argued over a failed mission and their shared clan. The immortal ancestor suppressed the leaders and ordered an investigation, then suspected that someone had discovered him and vowed revenge.

• Robet concluded that eliminating vampires and werewolves could force the dimension behind them to reveal itself, though he expected the search to take time.
• The European vampire and werewolf leaders blamed each other after their agents were killed, and their argument exposed their continuing resentment over the clans’ forced merger and the vampires’ financial support.
• The werewolf leader threatened to separate his clan, but the ancestor appeared and struck him into a wall before demanding an explanation for the failed mission.
• The ancestor warned William and Marcus that he might replace them if they continued fighting, and both leaders promised to investigate the attack.
• After sending everyone away, the ancestor wondered whether someone had discovered his secret and vowed to punish whoever was behind the scheme.

William and Marcus ordered an investigation into the deaths of their people in America, while Moon Knight followed the vampires and werewolves back there and began hunting them. Meanwhile, Tony Stark finished equipping the Avengers to fight vampires, and Blade prepared to join the coming operation.

• William proposed that he and Marcus set aside their dispute and investigate who was targeting their races, and Marcus agreed.
• The vampire and werewolf agents described the suspicious deaths in America, so their leaders sent them back there to investigate.
• Moon Knight followed the group toward America, chose not to attack openly, and began ambushing werewolves after they arrived.
• Tony Stark showed Blade and Morbius the Anti-Vampire Armor and an arsenal of silver and ultraviolet weapons prepared for the Avengers.
• Blade welcomed the plan to hunt vampires, while Tony Stark also prepared for a possible threat from Dimensional Beings.

Moon Knight used the Crescent Dart to hunt Werewolves, leading Marius to suspect the Vampire Grand Duke and attack him. As the two leaders fought, Moon Knight exploited the chaos to resume killing the remaining Werewolves.

• Moon Knight learned the Crescent Dart absorbed Werewolf blood and probed the source of their power as he hunted them.
• Marius noticed many of his Werewolf subordinates had vanished, while the Vampire Grand Duke reported that his own people were safe.
• Marius suspected the Vampire Grand Duke had conspired against the Werewolves and attacked him, triggering a battle at the secret gathering place.
• Moon Knight realized the leaders were fighting each other and took advantage of the chaos to ambush the remaining Werewolves.
• Vampires and Werewolves discovered that more Werewolves had fallen and that their bodies had lost their blood.

Moon Knight’s attacks deepened mistrust between the Werewolves and vampires, and Marius launched a furious assault after finding more dead Werewolves. As Moon Knight waited to exploit the battle, a group of newcomers arrived at the gathering place, drawn by the many vampire auras.

• Moon Knight watched as the Werewolves and vampires grew suspicious of each other over the drained corpses and kept their distance.
• Marius saw the dead Werewolves, gained strength from the moonlight, and sent the Vampire Grand Duke flying with a punch.
• Marius slaughtered vampires while the remaining Werewolves gathered defensively and the surviving vampires debated their response.
• Moon Knight planned to weaken Marius by disrupting the moonlight’s blessing during his fight with the Vampire Grand Duke.
• A group arrived outside the gathering place, and one of them excitedly announced that many vampire auras were nearby.

The Avengers arrived at the vampire gathering place and attacked the vampires and Werewolves while the two groups were already fighting. Moon Knight hunted retreating Werewolves in the shadows, and the chapter ended with Marius and the Vampire Grand Duke charging at the Avengers.

• Tony Stark warned the Avengers that powerful vampires and Werewolves were inside the gathering place.
• Tony Stark led the Avengers in and discovered vampires and Werewolves fighting as Moon Knight watched from the shadows.
• Johnny Storm attacked the vampires with Explosive Flames, and the Avengers joined in with weapons designed to counter them.
• The Werewolves tried to retreat, but Moon Knight hunted them in the darkness, prompting them to charge back at the Avengers.
• Marius and the Vampire Grand Duke stopped fighting each other and rushed toward the Avengers to halt the slaughter.

The Avengers fought the European vampires and Werewolves, while Tony Stark discovered evidence that someone had framed the two groups against each other. Jarvis identified Moon Knight as the likely culprit, and Tony ordered him to come out and explain himself.

• The Vampire Grand Duke and Marius attacked the Avengers, but their silver weapons wounded them and Blade rejected the Vampire Grand Duke's claim that the vampires had no reason to be targeted.
• Marius pursued Johnny Storm and Pietro, who worked together to keep him occupied, while Spider pulled Martian Manhunter away from danger.
• Morbius confronted the Vampire Grand Duke with silver claws, and the Vampire Grand Duke accused him of killing Werewolves and framing the vampires.
• Tony Stark noticed drained Werewolf corpses and ordered Jarvis to scan the battlefield for hidden survivors and other life-forms.
• Jarvis identified a hidden ability user as likely the person who had fought the Werewolf elite, and Tony Stark aimed the armor at Moon Knight and demanded an explanation.

Moon Knight was forced into the open after Tony Stark attacked his hiding place, and the vampires and Werewolves turned on him when Blade revealed he had caused their losses. As the Vampire Grand Duke and Marius both targeted him, the Crescent Dart weakened Marius, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Tony Stark ordered his armor to fire at Moon Knight’s hiding place, and Moon Knight used the Crescent Dart to raise a moonlight barrier and explain that he was hunting Werewolves.
• Blade recognized Moon Knight and revealed that he had killed the blood-drained Werewolves, drawing the surviving vampires’ and Werewolves’ hatred toward him.
• The Vampire Grand Duke shattered Moon Knight’s barrier and wounded him, but Morbius intervened and knocked the Grand Duke away.
• The Vampire Grand Duke released a sonic wave that incapacitated most of the Avengers, while the furious vampires and Werewolves pressed their attack on Moon Knight.
• Marius charged Moon Knight, but his moonlight empowerment faded, allowing the Crescent Dart to pierce him and drain his blood and power as he struck back.

Moon Knight killed Marius but died from Marius’s final counterattack, while the Vampire Grand Duke’s bloodline power weakened Morbius and forced the Martian Manhunter to step in. The Crescent Dart revived Moon Knight, leaving the Avengers shocked as he sat up again.

• Marius struck Moon Knight through the heart before dying, and the Avengers continued fighting the desperate vampires and Werewolves.
• The Vampire Grand Duke used a higher-level vampire source to suppress Morbius and Blade, then knocked Morbius aside.
• The Martian Manhunter blocked the Vampire Grand Duke and overwhelmed his attacks, leaving him visibly weakened.
• The Crescent Dart returned to Moon Knight and used moonlight to restore his life while Marius lay near death.
• Moon Knight suddenly sat upright, startling the Avengers, who thought the corpse had become undead.

After the Avengers and Moon Knight wiped out the vampires and Werewolves at the secret gathering place, the dead creatures’ resentment gathered into a threatening black smoke. As a dangerous presence emerged, the Ancestor at the European branch’s main base sensed that dimensional power had gathered in America.

• Moon Knight resurrected and resumed hunting Werewolves with the Avengers, while Marius died with lingering resentment and the weakened Vampire Grand Duke was killed by the Martian Manhunter.
• Tony Stark asked Moon Knight to cooperate against the vampires, but Moon Knight explained that the surviving trail to the Werewolves’ European base had gone cold.
• Peter Parker’s Spider-Sense warned the Avengers of danger, and the Martian Manhunter sensed that the dead vampires’ and Werewolves’ resentment had stirred something.
• Johnny Storm burned the corpses, but the flames persisted and black smoke gathered overhead as a chorus of voices accused the Avengers of killing their companions.
• The Ancestor at the European branch’s main base sensed dimensional power gathering in America and wondered what had happened.

The Ancestor sent William and Marcus to America with the vampire and werewolf experts, while secretly following them to pursue the dimensional power. As the Avengers struggled against a resentment-born Bat-Werewolf and its soul attacks, Robet arrived and dispelled the damage.

• The Ancestor discovered Marcus and William had failed to keep track of the Vampire Grand Duke and Marius, then ordered them to lead both races’ experts to America.
• The Ancestor secretly followed the force heading to America, hoping to obtain the dimensional power he had sought for centuries.
• The Avengers found that their attacks could not harm the black smoke, which solidified into a Bat-Werewolf and lunged at Blade and Moon Knight.
• The Bat-Werewolf resisted Blade’s silver bullets and Moon Knight’s Crescent Dart, then struck the Avengers with resentment that wounded their souls.
• Lorna and Susan Storm shielded the others as Martian Manhunter warned them, but Robet arrived and dispelled the soul damage.

Robet destroyed the Bat-Werewolf’s resentment as William and Marcus arrived with a force of Vampires and werewolves, led from hiding by the Ancestor. William attacked Robet and was swiftly sent flying, while the Ancestor remained concealed and angrily demanded to know what had happened.

• The Bat-Werewolf’s resentment unleashed altered flames at Moon Knight and Blade, but Robet’s flames extinguished them and left the Bat-Werewolf without most of its intellect.
• Martian Manhunter explained the Bat-Werewolf’s weakened state, and Robet attacked its soul with a Ki Blast while sensing William, Marcus, and a hidden powerful figure approaching.
• Kara joined the Avengers, and Robet identified William and Marcus as powerful leaders whose strength seemed bestowed by a mysterious dimension.
• The Ancestor cautiously sent William and Marcus ahead to investigate the fading resentment while staying hidden, but Robet detected and located him approximately.
• William attacked Robet, who struck him through a wall, while Marcus hesitated; Robet then completely destroyed the Bat-Werewolf’s resentment.
• The Ancestor’s furious voice sounded in Marcus’s ear, demanding to know what they were doing.

Robet tried to draw out the hidden Ancestor by killing the Werewolf Second-in-Command, but the Ancestor fled after Robet exposed his location. Robet pursued him, leaving Kara and Martian Manhunter to fight William and Marcus while Peter Parker battled vampires nearby.

• Robet killed the Werewolf Second-in-Command with a Ki Blast, and Moon Knight lamented losing the werewolf's source power.
• William attacked Robet again, but Robet sent him flying toward the Ancestor's hiding place, causing the Ancestor to flee.
• Robet chased the Ancestor and kicked William back toward Kara, who began fighting him.
• Kara blocked William's claws and struck him, forcing him to focus on fighting her.
• Martian Manhunter suppressed Marcus and resisted his ultrasonic attack, while Peter Parker fought off vampires using silver Spider Web.

Peter Parker supported the Avengers against the vampires and werewolves while Kamar-Taj prepared a Mirror Dimension and arranged reinforcements. Robet continued chasing the Ancestor around Earth, then blinded his senses with a radiance as bright as a second sun, leaving the Ancestor within reach and unable to escape.

• Peter Parker avoided Johnny Storm's flames and used silver spider silk to bind vampires and werewolves as the Avengers fought.
• The Vampire Prince kept Morbius and Blade occupied, so Tony Stark arranged to send more anti-vampire weapons and armor.
• Kaecilius and the Kamar-Taj members began opening the Mirror Dimension, leaving an opening for Tony Stark's incoming supplies.
• Baron Mordo's group watched from a distance and discussed the Ancestor's dimensional power while Robet pursued him around Earth.
• Robet unleashed a powerful radiance that blinded the Ancestor's senses, caught up to him, and left him unable to escape.

Robet trapped Alexander in the Mirror Dimension, then used a Telekinetic Barrier to expose and corner the hiding werewolf. Alexander revealed his name and split into countless copies to flee, while Robet prepared to attack.

• Baron Mordo and the other disciples opened the Mirror Dimension around Robet and Alexander, but Alexander began battering at its walls.
• Robet struck Alexander before he could break out, then fired a Ki Blast into the ground when Alexander hid beneath it.
• After Baron Mordo warned that Alexander was damaging the Mirror Dimension in multiple places, Robet shrank it and covered it with a Telekinetic Barrier to find him.
• Robet located Alexander hiding inside a wall and attacked, but Alexander tried to escape through a crack in the barrier.
• Robet blocked Alexander with a second Telekinetic Barrier and confronted him; Alexander gave his name and split into countless figures moving in different directions.